Medicaid is One of the areas of state government where Governor Mike Dunleavy’s administration is looking to make the largest spending cuts. Administration officials released details of those changes for the first time yesterday.

Hundreds protest in Juneau over Dunleavy’s proposed ferry system cuts

Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska – Juneau

Hundreds rallied on the Capitol steps in Juneau Wednesday protesting the governor’s plan to shutdown ferry service in October.

Funding for Alaska military projects is largely spared from diversion for construction of a southern border wall, under criteria released by the Department of Defense.

Federal ruling could hurt Trump ANWR ambitions

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C.

A federal judge says the Bureau of Land Management must take a harder look climate change impacts before issuing oil and gas leases. The case stems from lease sales in Wyoming during the Obama administration. But if the ruling stands, it could slow the Trump administration’s campaign to produce more petroleum from public lands in Alaska and the West.

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews A judge blocked a Trump plan for a controversial road through an Alaska wildlife refuge. Now the administration is appealing. Nathaniel Herz, Alaska’s Energy Desk – An ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews More than a week into special session, lawmakers still divided on budget Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau The Legislature is more than a week into a special session to ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Palmer man dies in Prince William Sound floatplane crash Aaron Bolton, KBBI – Homer A 75-year-old Mat-Su borough man was killed in a Tuesday floatplane crash in Prince ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Victims in floatplane crash near Metlakatla identified Leila Kheiry and Wesley Early, KRBD – Ketchikan The investigation into Monday’s fatal floatplane crash near Metl ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews From Texas to Colorado to Scotland, ANWR drilling opponents take their case to CEOs Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C. A small crowd marched on BP’s Ame ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Lawmaker says she won’t hear Alaska abortion ban bill Associated Press A state House Health and Social Services Committee co-chair says she will not hear a bill that s ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Ketchikan tour companies in plane crash both had GPS trackers. So what went wrong? Nathaniel Herz, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage During cruise ship season, the skie ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Search continues for those missing from mid-air plane collision near Ketchikan Leila Kheiry, KRBD – Ketchikan Four people are confirmed dead from a mid-air plane colli ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Three dead after two planes collided midair near George Inlet Leila Kheiry, KRBD – Ketchikan Two floatplanes with a combined total of 16 people on board crashed Monday ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Dividend size to be a focus in session’s closing days Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau The size of permanent fund dividends will be at the center of talks between the ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews As the ice goes, Arctic nations find their bonds are tested Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C. In the end, the eight nations of the Arctic Council signe ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews House and Senate work to finish their budgets Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau Six state lawmakers met for the first time today to begin hammering out a budget to send ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Big parts of Gov. Dunleavy’s agenda remain unfinished. But he still has time, tools at his disposal. Nathaniel Herz, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage With the legislat ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Dunleavy administration dismisses Alaska ferries chief Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska – Juneau The Alaska Marine Highway System’s top official lost her job this week to co ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Navy plans to be more active in the Arctic Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C. As part of an increased presence in the Arctic, Navy Secretary Richard Spe ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Dunleavy administration being sued for withholding $20M in education funding Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage The Dunleavy administration is being sued by ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews House committees take different approach on crime bills Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau House members have brought different ideas on addressing crime to the House Ju ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Napakiak mourns after two prisoners die in jail fire Anna Rose MacArthur, KYUK – Bethel Two prisoners died early Sunday morning when flames engulfed the Napakiak jail. ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Senate panel puts full dividend in budget draft with caveat Associated Press The Senate’s budget-writing committee voted to include a full dividend payout from Alaska’ ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Two tribes, Dunleavy at odds over tribal sovereignty Krysti Shallenberger, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Bethel Two tribes say that Gov. Mike Dunleavy and his administration ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews State ends Wellpath contract to run psychiatric institute, could open up contract for bids Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau The company will continue to work at the fa ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews As his crime bills languish, Gov. Dunleavy renews the idea of a special session Nathaniel Herz, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, at a news c ...…

Alice Fitka in her classroom on April 3, in Tuntutuliak, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska’s Energy Desk) On a warm, sunny day in the village of Tuntutuliak, a group of children run around each other on a boardwalk outside of the bright blue building that houses the village’s K-12 school. Their shouting is a blend of Yugtun — that’s the ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Senate budget taking place with less than a month of session to go Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau The Legislature has 26 days until the session is scheduled to end. ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Legislators reject six Dunleavy appointees to boards and commissions Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau The Alaska Legislature confirmed 82 other members to state boards ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Legislature confirms all of Gov. Dunleavy’s commissioners Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau The Legislature confirmed every commissioner appointed by Governor Mike Dunl ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Bill would shift Medicaid recipients to private insurance market Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau A bill backed by Governor Mike Dunleavy would allow the state to shif ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews State House passes operating budget Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau The Alaska House has passed a budget that includes about $250 million. That is about a quarter of ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Dunleavy says money set aside for Alaska schools is subject to veto. Lawmakers disagree. Nathaniel Herz, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage A new fight is erupting in Ju ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Dunleavy calls for action on constitutional amendments, crime bills Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau Governor Mike Dunleavy called a press conference today to send a m ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews House prepares its version of the budget Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau In crafting its budget, the Alaska House is set to begin debating amendments tomorrow. In Ket ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Lawmakers wrestle with the state plans to privatize the Alaska Psychiatric Institute Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau Five House members who chair committees have urge ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Rep. Young shoves reporter on way to VAWA vote Liz Ruskin, Alaska Pubic Media – Washington D.C. Congressman Don Young has apologized for shoving a female reporter at t ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews VAWA bill would create limited ‘Indian Country’ for 5 Alaska tribes Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau The Violence Against Women Act renewal bill would allow up to five ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Lawsuit seeks to eliminate Medicaid application backlog Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau The Alaska Division of Public Assistance director says the backlog has been sh ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Judge deals blow to King Cove road Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C. U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason has thrown out the Interior Department’s ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Nome woman arrested after confronting Dunleavy at airport Davis Hovey, KNOM – Nome During Governor Mike Dunleavy’s visit to Nome yesterday, which was one of his schedu ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Feds charge six tied to white supremacist prison gang in Alaska Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage Federal prosecutors have charged six men who are allegedly ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Bill seeks to rescind decision to allow drilling in ANWR Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C. A hearing about it in the U.S. House Tuesday became a debate ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Dunleavy goes past deadline to appoint Palmer judge Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media -Washington D.C. Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s decision not to select a judge for one of the ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Dunleavy keeps open court seat, questions nomination process Associated Press Gov. Mike Dunleavy has declined to fill for now a seat on the Palmer Superior Court, citi ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Medicaid cuts, while aimed at access, still raise concerns Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau Medicaid is One of the areas of state government where Governor Mike Dunlea ...…

Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Black box recovered from crashed Southeast flight Joe Viechnicki, KFSK – Petersburg An air ambulance company says it has recovered the cockpit voice recorder for its p ...…

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